Video: NYPD Car Plows Into Double Parker On Flushing Street

FLUSHING, QUEENS — An NYPD traffic cop in Queens played bumper cars to get out of a traffic jam in an incident caught on video.

A YouTube video posted Saturday shows a police car driver rear-ending a double parker who was blocking traffic, as onlookers watch shocked.

The cop car then reverses into the car behind it, then speeds forward again, slamming into the car in front as it inches into an empty parking space.

NYPD Sergeant Jessica McRorie confirmed the incident in an email to Patch.

"On Saturday, March 30, at approximately 1520 hours near the intersection of 37th Avenue and Main Street, a Traffic Supervisor was operating a marked traffic enforcement vehicle when the vehicle did strike several vehicles," McRorie wrote in a statement.

McRorie added: "The driver of the vehicle appeared disorientated and was transported by EMS to an area hospital for further medical evaluation. The incident remains under internal review."

The source of the video footage is unclear, but the markings on the police car identify it as belonging to the NYPD's Queens North traffic enforcement bureau, according to the New York Post, which first reported on the video.

The person who uploaded the video did not immediately respond to Patch's request for comment.